Have you heard of W Social?

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

Have you heard of W Social?
https://wsocial.eu/
Another platform branding itself as a European alternative to US big tech.
(another would be Monnett social)

[brennpunktua@mastodon.social]

@hpod16 I personally believe them to be proxies rather than alternatives to big tech, tbh.

[sparfindig@digitalcourage.social]

@hpod16 I heard of it. I don’t think we need it. We need a more popular Fediverse! And public money for this, and more official instances like social.schleswig-holstein.de

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@sparfindig Do official instances like social.schleswih-holstein.de allow anyone to create an account or is it just for officials and government accounts?

[sparfindig@digitalcourage.social]

@hpod16 This instance „provides a communication environment for state authorities, state politicians, local authorities, public organisations and recognised non-profit organisations.“ (See https://social.schleswig-holstein.de/directory?order=new for examples.)

[karlos@mindly.social]

@hpod16 Hm? No imprint, no background info.
W = ? «We» - We all and VV for Values and Verified.
No anonymous communication :-/

Could anyone provide an info page by the EU?

Only by invitation code (some one send me a PM please)

Yes, we wish to be independent of USA or Asian companies or governments. And of European companies and governments to!

Please be it:
- Open Source and Open API
- without algorithms
- Not limited to 500 characters
and
- Part of the #Fediverse, so we are free to do our voting "by feed"

https://bingx.com/en/news/post/eu-backs-million-launch-of-w-to-rival-x-beta-slated-by-february
„EU backs €500 million launch of W to rival X; beta slated by February“

#wsocial

[dalcacer@mas.to]

@hpod16 I would rather have a rebranded European mastodon instance, that onboards citizens easily than to endure another poorly orchestrated money grab like #w

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@dalcacer funded by who though?
Seriously asking.
Do you think that public institutions should get involved in funding social media platforms as a service? Would you want your tax-euros to go to that?

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@karlos oh, the EU doesn't have anything to do with this platform.
I've just heard about it myself.

[dalcacer@mas.to]

@hpod16 Actually, I wouldn’t mind.

Talking digital sovereignty without any follow up actions gets shallow.

More problematic would be the acceptance of an instance provided by the EU. There would be a lot of trust issues, so that offloading that to a third party would yield better results.

Maybe it is time to search for letters in the alphabet that aren’t taken (x , w , …)

[brennpunktua@mastodon.social]

@hpod16 personally, absolutely! Social Media is critical infrastructure, just as is ⚡ power, water, public transport and communications in general!

We need to defend European Infrastructure!

@dalcacer

[dalcacer@mas.to]

@karlos @hpod16 You’ll be baffled.

W stands for VV and that stands for verified and something else with v.

Ex eBay employee funded that network and it will be verified users only. Nothing said about the technical approach, but it will surely have either paid accounts and/or ads.

[brennpunktua@mastodon.social]

@karlos actually, DOES have (basic) algorithms ("Trending"), but they're optional, not mandatory, as opposed to big tech SM platforms. And, maybe even more importantly, they're neutral, not manipulated by some billionaire to his personal gusto!

@hpod16

[karlos@mindly.social]

@BrennpunktUA @hpod16 Yes, #Mastodon WANTS to be like Twitter with the limited character count. But writing treads of multiple toots in the #Fediverse is just nonsense.
The 500 limit is a parameter in the Mastodon server software only. I wish it would be an account setting. Or in the editor field: A small hook could extend the limit to the Fediverse limit (5000 ? none)
We could fork Mastodon 💭

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@karlos @BrennpunktUA what makes creating threads of multiple toots nonsense? Sorry I’m new here 😉

[karlos@mindly.social]

@hpod16 @BrennpunktUA Why should I split a long text in parts if I can sent it in one post?
As a Twitter user you may dislike a long text in your timeline. But that's a job for you App to show only some lines and an extend-symbol.

[argyle13@xarxa.cloud]

@hpod16 yes I have heard of it, but not joining because we have, for starters, several European instances of Mastodon, which is European in origin. Also, I am not showing my ID card or whatever gives my identity to use it. Not very fortunate that take.

[hpod16@eupolicy.social]

@Argyle13 I think I’d also be turned off by having to show my ID card…

[argyle13@xarxa.cloud]

@hpod16 many people said the same. It is not going to be a success I am afraid

[leanderlindahl@mastodon.social]

@hpod16 I was 😳 embarrassed to read there were a lot of Swedish people on it's board. 🇸🇪 😢